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Salt shakers
2005
December 2005:
Hotel Rwanda Hero Paul Rusesabagina campaigns to end genocide in Darfur
November:
Bethlehem issues 'passport' through Israeli walls: The mayor of Bethlehem declared it an open city and announced that his city will issue a "Bethlehem passport," open to anyone in the world.
October:
Fair Trade kinda town: A first of its kind international gathering of fair trade commodity producers, manufacturers, advocates, and consumers convenes in Chicago.
September:
You are this month's Salt Shaker. Please give generously in response to the suffering of our brothers and sisters in Louisiana, Mississippi, and the entire Gulf region: Catholic aid agencies accepting donations for hurricane relief.
July:
Conservationists of creation: U.S. religious communities may be the last line of defense for delicate eco-systems or vanishing farmlands.
May:
A war victims' advocate becomes a victim of war: The victims of "collateral damage" in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanstan lost one of their few protectors on April 16 when 28-year-old Marla Ruzicka became a collateral victim of violence herself.
April:
For whom the Taco Bell boycott tolls next?: A Florida-based farm worker organization plans to use the leverage gained from their groundbreaking agreement with Taco Bell Corporation to try to convince other major fast food chains to help improve working conditions for the state’s tomato farm workers.
March:
Fast food that's not so ethically Yum-my?: How do you take on one of the world's largest food corporations in a fight for better conditions for one of the nation's most forgotten workforces? You do it one fast-food chain at a time.
February 2005:
Should they call it the iPollute? Behind the shiny, happy exterior of Apple's mega-selling iPod is a less pleasant and potentially hazardous reality.
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